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Happy Mother's Day to your Moms/Family!


Some of you know of this site.
Some of you don't.

What about this PBS site below?
Why do you know about it?
What about a child who has never been on the internet?

http://pbskids.org/findit


Have you wondered why some people know something?
...and others don't?

For example, did you know how to cook when you were a baby?
How about now?

Why does your mom know how to cook, for example, and you don't?

Every one is given a life span for learning new things.

Most of the time, everyone learns something at a different point in time and
at a different age.

I know friends who know things before I do. Then again, I know a lot of things
they don't. So what happens when you all get together in the same room?
What about in a classroom? Am I going to tell you one thing and another child another thing?

Most of the time, teachers talk to the whole class. Some people are listening, and some are not listening. Some read better. Some are better at math than others. Teachers have to find creative ways to make sure each child is on the same page.
By the end of the school year, everyone has to know about the same amount of information.

What are you doing to make sure learning happens?

Are you the one who disrupts the class and keeps everyone from learning?
Are you a team player and makes sure everyone is learning?

When a new child comes to your school, are you the one who helps them, or
holds them back? If they are immigrants, do you help to make them feel at home?
Do you, instead, make fun of them for their differences?

Point to Ponder: Think about it!

Did you know that most of the time, our parents all came to America from a different place? Ask your grandparents or great grandparents. They might have wonderful stories about coming here. They might also tell you that they had rough times at first.

Conduct a family interview with the whole family.

A family's research project!

Everyone sits with the person and asks one
question each. Make sure you keep your questions as a surprise from the others.
It'll be fun to hear everyone's questions. If someone may have the same question as
you, you can always have a back - up question ready.


Team Skills in Class:

How do you do this?
Work as a team?
Is it through behavior?
Role - modeling?

Is it in peer tutoring / helping a friend learn something
he or she missed in class?

When I was growing up, I had the good fortune to meet best friends who
helped me to learn. Then later, I met students who would steal my books and hide them. Sometimes, you meet people who make trouble for someone, or someone makes
trouble for you. Others steal from your backpack.

The classroom is a place where a lot of life's problems happen. They are the
same problems that happen when you grow older and graduate from school.

You will meet people who know things and others who don't. You have to work
with them in the same setting, or the same company. Some of them might help
you. Some will steal your ideas. Some are bullies. It is a rough terrain.

Seek advice now when you run into a problem. Go to a teacher or a trusted adult if
something happens while you are in school. Go to a parent.

That's why there are people or things that are set in place. They are like
markers on our journey toward success. If you learn from the best along the way,
you are most likely to be the ones that others will seek when problems arise.

Don't forget to be best friends, enjoy your school days, listen to your teachers,
and to your moms, too. They mean well when it comes to what you know and what
you do not.

Be happy that you don't always know everything.

There's always room to know more, later.

Enjoy your weekend!

~Ms. A.